At last, John Curry has a book in print worthy of his art. Ms. Junker has suceeded in paying a noble yet sadly overdue tribute to this unique and often neglected artist. Curry's paintings capture the emotion and natural force of American scenes in a way that was very much his own. Works like "Tornado over Kansas" and the scene of John Brown in "A Tragic Prelude" embody some of the greatest expressions of conflict to be found in American art.

I've been reading the general linear model section all day today, and it is just so nicely written I thought I needed to write a review. I can't imagine a clearer and more succinct description of this difficult topic. Entirely understandable, but be prepared to read chapters from beginning to end as unexpected abbreviations are often introduced and carried throughout the chapter.

As with all of the Kendall Advanced Theory books, a moderate degree of mathematical sophistication is assumed.

Classification is a favorite topic of Krzanowki and is one of the topics covered in this volume. This is part 2 of a volume on multivariate analysis in the Kendall's Library of Statistics series. So it has the flavor and feel of the Advanced Theory in Statistics books, a concise but almost encyclopediac treatment of advanced topics. In the first chapter on discriminant analysis (chapter 9 of this 2 volume text) time is spent describing the various methods of error rate estimation including the bootstrap and the key simulation studies of Efron, Chatterjee and Chatterjee, Snapinn and Knoke, Jain et al.,and Ganeshanandam and Krzanowski are all mentioned and referenced. There is even a section on neural networks.

The related topic of cluster analysis is covered in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 covers covariance and interaction structures that includes log-linear models, hierarchical conditional Gaussian models, path analysis and regression models. Chapter 12 covers latent structure models including factor analysis. Chapter 13 covers repeated measures and growth curve models, popular topics under a great deal of research activity lately, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. Chapter 14 on miscellaneous topics includes shape analysis, functional data, distance measures between populations, and circular and spherical data.

I thought I knew everything imaginable about Led Zeppelin and its bandmembers. Boy, was I wrong! There is great biographical information of each member, and hundreds of pictures that I had never seen before. Quotes from the bandmembers tell the story of Led Zeppelin from 1968 to today, as well as their pre- and post-Zeppelin lives. Kendall's comments are perfect, and he doesn't take away from the power of the photos that grace each page. To any self-proclaimed "Zep fan", this book is a must have!! To those who wish to get to know Led Zeppelin better, this book is a great way to begin. To those of you out there who are as obsessed with Jimmy Page as I am, there are some great pictures of him, and he looks absolutely adorable in every one! His smile makes my heart melt everytime I see it :-)

Everyone will recognise the child in little bat, excited and wanting to do more, but restricted because of circumstances. When kids are excited, they push what they are allowed to do to the very edge. Little bat leans out closer and closer to hear and see the storyhour book and discovers that he has gone too far. Though patience is a hard learned lesson, in the end little bat does get to see as well as hear the coveted books. For children raised on library story hours, this book brings a special surprise to their weekly visits.

This third and final volume in the HEARTLAND series continues the adventures of Moe, a spirited young girl growing up in a small Wisconsin town at the turn of the century. Moe has come to visit her grandfather, who was born when Halley's Comet last passed by. Now, Halley's Comet is about to pass by again, and Grandfather thinks he's going to die. Is there anything Moe can do to save him?

With this book, the team of Kate Waters and Russ Kendall bring the reader into the living history of Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, much as they did with their fascinating and delightful quartet of books set in Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts. "Mary Geddy's Day" serves up the history of July 4, 1776 through the eyes of a child who actually lived it. With the formal yet engaging language of the past, and the vibrant photographs (costumed interpreters in Williamsburg) young readers are drawn into the history of Colonial America.

This is a great book to introduce the subject matter. I have already used this book extensively with third graders at the elementary school where I teach, and the students are delighted and full of questions when we are done. Bravo!

This is my first book by R.T. Kendall. It is also the first christain book that I finished reading. The author has done an excellent job in explaining Jesus's meek character despite His equality with God and how we, as his disciples, should assume that same attitude.

Mimesis As Make-Believe is one of the most intellectually satisfying books I've read in a long time. Walton begins by exploring some obvious -- but too often neglected -- questions about imagination, fictionality, and make-believe. He then introduces several theories of fiction (from the analytic tradition), and some theories of the ontology fictional beings, until finally introducing his own theory as a solution to the dilemmas others leave unsolved.

Following in the tradition of Wittgenstein and Derrida, Walton argues that fiction comes from playful use of signifiers, what Wittgenstein would call "language games" or "language-play." When we experience fiction, according to Walton, we "act as if" the fictional world were real. Walton introduces an epistemology of fiction, with the operator "it is fictional" functioning much like the operator "it is true" functions in our world -- but with the strong admonition that being fictional is not the same thing as being true.

This philosophy of fiction as a way for humans to "act as if" is appealing on several grounds. It fits well with common sense notions of fiction, and unlike many competing theories, does not force us to go against our pretheoretical ways of talking about fiction. We do not need to commit ourselves to fictional universes housing fictional beings, but we also do not need to say that any statement involving fictional beings is false. Everything is worked out quite precisely, true to the analytic tradition, with a few brief forays into symbolic logic. But unlike many analytic philosopherse, Walton still takes art and fiction seriously, and does not dismiss them as pathological forms of signification.

Overall, this book is entertaining, well-written, an enjoyable read, and intellectually groundbreaking. It provides a way to think about fiction that, for the first time, obviates the need for heroic assumptions or unappealing ontological constructs.

Laura Connelly has done an excellent job of adapting several different resources into a concise approach to project management. The book focuses primarily on Project Management as it relates to Information Technology projects, but many of the principles are universal. Excellent tools for determining requirements, problem solving and design. I have a copy of the Project Life-cycle Diagram hanging in my office.